Saturday, October 29, 2011

A Little Batty Halloween

Greetings Ghoulies!

We're creeping ever closer to All Hallows Eve, only 2 more days, yay! Are you ready for some more Halloween foolery? What I have for you today is my favorite thing I've made this spooky season, a little stitchy, a little quilty and a whole lot of color.

I stitched this pattern in no time at all, less than a day actually. Once I started, I couldn't stop and didn't want to. This was a truly fun stitch up, it reminded me why I love embroidery so much.

I knew exactly what I wanted to make with this stitchery, a quilted wall hanging to add to my Halloween decorations.

I found this fun Candy Corn printed cotton at JoAnn's after I'd stitched my piece, and the colors and style worked perfectly! I love the way they're both kind of silly and cute, but not too cute, ya know?

The piecing around the embroidery was simple and fast, and I didn't even freak out about the binding this time, bonus! Plus, I'm getting a lot better at corners, all four of these look pretty darned good (if I do say so myself).

To hang this piece, I just made two little tubes to slide a piece of dowel through, then tied ribbon around the end of each side of the dowel. I painted the dowel black to so it would coordinate better with the fabric.

Viola, Halloween art!

I love it!

I still have a couple Halloween tricks up my sleeves to reveal in the next couple of days so stay tuned! I hope you guys have enjoyed these little Halloween posts, I sure have enjoyed sharing them.

See you tomorrow!

oxo,

Lisa

p.s. After I hit publish guess what I'm going to do? I'm headed to the kitchen to whip up some Harry Potter themed goodies to take to Jill's Harry Potter Ball tonight, wahoo!! I'm making Pumpkin Pasties and Butterbeer Cupcakes, ooooh! I hope they come out ok! If they do, I'll make sure to snap a couple of shots and share the recipes. Toodle-doo!

Hi Lisa, I made a set of Halloween tea towels for a bridal shower gift. I enjoyed them because they were fun and easy. I listed some in my etsy shop also. You talk about material fading. There is these sheets that you can put in when you wash your material that will catch anything if it fades. My daughter-in-law told me about them after I ruin one of the tea towels I embroidered. The dark gray turned this god awful color because it faded so bad. Made me sick. Have fun celebrating Halloween. Your Missouri Friend

Who's blog is this anyway?

I'm a tea fueled, Vespa riding, embroidery junkie! Welcome to my little speck of the world! This is where I share what I'm up to and blather about the stitchy~quilty~crafty things I like to make. Kick back and enjoy your time here. Oh, and please feel free to jump in and comment, I love hearing from you!